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Sub-series 3a1 : Records of the Deanship of William H. Welch (1893 – 1898), Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Description

Key

271792

Reference Code Element

3a1

Type

Text

Dates

1893-1899

Extent

0.5 cubic feet (2 boxes)

Creator

Personal name, Welch, William Henry, 1850-1934.

Administrative/Biographical History

Welch, William Henry (1850-1934)
William H. Welch was born in Norfolk, Connecticut. He received his A.B. in 1870 from Yale University and his M.D. in 1875 from the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. After interning at Bellevue Hospital in New York, Welch studied at the universities of Strasbourg, Leipzig, Breslau, and Berlin from 1876 until 1878. Returning to Bellevue Hospital Medical College, Welch held an appointment as professor of pathological anatomy and general pathology. While there, he established the first pathological laboratory and discovered the organism named Bacillus welchii that causes gas gangrene. In 1884, he agreed to take a position at the hospital and medical school that were being organized in Baltimore through the bequest of Mr. Johns Hopkins. In 1889, when the hospital was opened, Welch was named pathologist-in-chief. When the school of medicine opened in 1893, Welch was the first dean. He then helped organize the Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health and became its first director. He also founded and served as the first director of the Institute of the History of Medicine at the Johns Hopkins University. Welch took an active role in national and international medical affairs, serving as president of several organizations and associations.

Chronology

Johns Hopkins Hospital, 1889-1931

Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 1884-1934

Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health, 1916-1934

Scope and Content

William H. Welch served as the first dean of the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine from 1893 to 1898. Records comprise Welch's dean's office correspondence and accompanying documents.
In addition, letters from the period that Welch served as the acting dean while Dean William Osler was traveling are also among these records, including correspondence from 1898 and June through September 1899.

Related Archival Material

Additional material pertaining to William H. Welch can be found in his personal paper collection and in the correspondence of Dean's Office, Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health.

Administration

Archival Arrangement

Folders are arranged in alphabetical order by the first letter of the correspondent's name, either individual's surname (bulk) or company name. Within folders, letters are arranged in chronological order by date.

Date(s) of Descriptions

1979-1980, 2018-2019

Processing Information

The Records of the Deanship of William H. Welch (1893 – 1898), Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine were initially processed with the rest of the records of the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine under a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC grant 1979-119). Ruth Anne Becker, Harold Kanarek, and Gerard Shorb processed the records and created a finding aid in 1979-1980. Chesney Medical Archives volunteer Francis Milligan inventoried the sub-series under the direction of Phoebe Evans Letocha in 2015 and indexed correspondent names within the sub-series. In 2018-2019, Linda Klouzal reorganized the Office of the Dean of the Medical Faculty Record Group to arrange the records by each individual dean rather than by date ranges.

Composed Of

Found 26 record(s)

Reference Code and Titlesort by Reference Code and Title ascending	Key (Collection)sort by Key (Collection) ascending	Dates	Record Levelsort by Record Level ascending	Hierarchysort by Hierarchy ascending
Correspondence A-Bal	224255	1895-1898	Folder	CollectionJHUSOM- Records of the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine > Record group/Fonds3- Office of the Dean of the Medical Faculty > Series3a- Records by Dean > Sub-series3a1- Records of the Deanship of William H. Welch (1893 – 1898), Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Correspondence Bar-Ben	224357	1894-1898; undated	Folder	CollectionJHUSOM- Records of the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine > Record group/Fonds3- Office of the Dean of the Medical Faculty > Series3a- Records by Dean > Sub-series3a1- Records of the Deanship of William H. Welch (1893 – 1898), Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Correspondence Bi-Bo	224363	1893, undated	Folder	CollectionJHUSOM- Records of the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine > Record group/Fonds3- Office of the Dean of the Medical Faculty > Series3a- Records by Dean > Sub-series3a1- Records of the Deanship of William H. Welch (1893 – 1898), Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Correspondence Br-Cap	224385	1895-1898; undated	Folder	CollectionJHUSOM- Records of the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine > Record group/Fonds3- Office of the Dean of the Medical Faculty > Series3a- Records by Dean > Sub-series3a1- Records of the Deanship of William H. Welch (1893 – 1898), Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Correspondence Cas-Co	224386	1894-1898	Folder	CollectionJHUSOM- Records of the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine > Record group/Fonds3- Office of the Dean of the Medical Faculty > Series3a- Records by Dean > Sub-series3a1- Records of the Deanship of William H. Welch (1893 – 1898), Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Correspondence Cr-Dic	224402	1895-1898; undated	Folder	CollectionJHUSOM- Records of the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine > Record group/Fonds3- Office of the Dean of the Medical Faculty > Series3a- Records by Dean > Sub-series3a1- Records of the Deanship of William H. Welch (1893 – 1898), Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Correspondence Din-El	224444	1895, 1897-1898	Folder	CollectionJHUSOM- Records of the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine > Record group/Fonds3- Office of the Dean of the Medical Faculty > Series3a- Records by Dean > Sub-series3a1- Records of the Deanship of William H. Welch (1893 – 1898), Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Correspondence Em-Fl	224445	1895-1898; undated	Folder	CollectionJHUSOM- Records of the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine > Record group/Fonds3- Office of the Dean of the Medical Faculty > Series3a- Records by Dean > Sub-series3a1- Records of the Deanship of William H. Welch (1893 – 1898), Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Correspondence Fo-Go	224462	1895-1898; undated	Folder	CollectionJHUSOM- Records of the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine > Record group/Fonds3- Office of the Dean of the Medical Faculty > Series3a- Records by Dean > Sub-series3a1- Records of the Deanship of William H. Welch (1893 – 1898), Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Correspondence Gr-Haq	224463	1893, 1896-1898	Folder	CollectionJHUSOM- Records of the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine > Record group/Fonds3- Office of the Dean of the Medical Faculty > Series3a- Records by Dean > Sub-series3a1- Records of the Deanship of William H. Welch (1893 – 1898), Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Correspondence Har-Hou	224464	1896-1898	Folder	CollectionJHUSOM- Records of the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine > Record group/Fonds3- Office of the Dean of the Medical Faculty > Series3a- Records by Dean > Sub-series3a1- Records of the Deanship of William H. Welch (1893 – 1898), Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Correspondence How-Jo	225064	1893, 1896-1899, 1891	Folder	CollectionJHUSOM- Records of the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine > Record group/Fonds3- Office of the Dean of the Medical Faculty > Series3a- Records by Dean > Sub-series3a1- Records of the Deanship of William H. Welch (1893 – 1898), Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Correspondence Ka-Kim	225065	1896-1899, 1894, undated	Folder	CollectionJHUSOM- Records of the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine > Record group/Fonds3- Office of the Dean of the Medical Faculty > Series3a- Records by Dean > Sub-series3a1- Records of the Deanship of William H. Welch (1893 – 1898), Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Correspondence Kin-Laf	225066	1896-1898	Folder	CollectionJHUSOM- Records of the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine > Record group/Fonds3- Office of the Dean of the Medical Faculty > Series3a- Records by Dean > Sub-series3a1- Records of the Deanship of William H. Welch (1893 – 1898), Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Correspondence Lai-Le	225068	1895-1898; undated	Folder	CollectionJHUSOM- Records of the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine > Record group/Fonds3- Office of the Dean of the Medical Faculty > Series3a- Records by Dean > Sub-series3a1- Records of the Deanship of William H. Welch (1893 – 1898), Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Correspondence Li-Mal	225070	1895-1898; undated	Folder	CollectionJHUSOM- Records of the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine > Record group/Fonds3- Office of the Dean of the Medical Faculty > Series3a- Records by Dean > Sub-series3a1- Records of the Deanship of William H. Welch (1893 – 1898), Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Correspondence Mar-Mon	225089	1896-1898; undated	Folder	CollectionJHUSOM- Records of the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine > Record group/Fonds3- Office of the Dean of the Medical Faculty > Series3a- Records by Dean > Sub-series3a1- Records of the Deanship of William H. Welch (1893 – 1898), Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Correspondence Moo-No	225090	1895-1899; undated	Folder	CollectionJHUSOM- Records of the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine > Record group/Fonds3- Office of the Dean of the Medical Faculty > Series3a- Records by Dean > Sub-series3a1- Records of the Deanship of William H. Welch (1893 – 1898), Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Correspondence Oc-Pe	226148	1896-1898; undated	Folder	CollectionJHUSOM- Records of the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine > Record group/Fonds3- Office of the Dean of the Medical Faculty > Series3a- Records by Dean > Sub-series3a1- Records of the Deanship of William H. Welch (1893 – 1898), Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Correspondence Ph-Py	226151	1896-1898; undated	Folder	CollectionJHUSOM- Records of the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine > Record group/Fonds3- Office of the Dean of the Medical Faculty > Series3a- Records by Dean > Sub-series3a1- Records of the Deanship of William H. Welch (1893 – 1898), Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Correspondence Ra-Ro	226157	1885, 1893-1898, 1888, undated	Folder	CollectionJHUSOM- Records of the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine > Record group/Fonds3- Office of the Dean of the Medical Faculty > Series3a- Records by Dean > Sub-series3a1- Records of the Deanship of William H. Welch (1893 – 1898), Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Correspondence Ru-Se	226159	undated, 1894, 1895-1898	Folder	CollectionJHUSOM- Records of the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine > Record group/Fonds3- Office of the Dean of the Medical Faculty > Series3a- Records by Dean > Sub-series3a1- Records of the Deanship of William H. Welch (1893 – 1898), Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Correspondence Sh-Sp	226163	1893-1898	Folder	CollectionJHUSOM- Records of the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine > Record group/Fonds3- Office of the Dean of the Medical Faculty > Series3a- Records by Dean > Sub-series3a1- Records of the Deanship of William H. Welch (1893 – 1898), Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Correspondence St-To	226166	1894-1898; undated	Folder	CollectionJHUSOM- Records of the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine > Record group/Fonds3- Office of the Dean of the Medical Faculty > Series3a- Records by Dean > Sub-series3a1- Records of the Deanship of William H. Welch (1893 – 1898), Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Correspondence Tu-We	226164	1894-1899; undated	Folder	CollectionJHUSOM- Records of the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine > Record group/Fonds3- Office of the Dean of the Medical Faculty > Series3a- Records by Dean > Sub-series3a1- Records of the Deanship of William H. Welch (1893 – 1898), Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Correspondence Wh-Yo	226484	1893, 1895-1898	Folder	CollectionJHUSOM- Records of the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine > Record group/Fonds3- Office of the Dean of the Medical Faculty > Series3a- Records by Dean > Sub-series3a1- Records of the Deanship of William H. Welch (1893 – 1898), Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

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